Losing the Human Form. A Seismic Image of the 1980s in Latin America
The Museo Reina Sofía, in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID, its Spanish acronym), present the exhibition entitled Losing the Human Form. A Seismic Image of the 1980s in Latin America.
Curated by Red Conceptualismos del Sur, the exhibition proposes several points of view through different artistic proposals centered on political and social events experienced in Latin America during the 1980s. The show presents results from research carried out by Red that center on historical episodes from Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, and Cuba. The exhibition covers the time between 1973, after Pinochet's military coup in Chile, and 1994, with the emergence of the Zapatista movement in Mexico.
The exhibition relies on several mediums including serigraphy, performance, video, poetic action, experimental theater and interactive architecture. These are divided into three thematic centers: visual politics generated from social movements like the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, in Argentina, and Women for Life, in Chile; sexual disobediences, including experiences in transvestism and other sexual manifestations that challenge traditional gender constructions; the underground scene that, through music, partying, and the "make-it-yourself" ethic, built micro-communities that reclaimed social connections that had been broken by terror.
The exhibition is presented at the Edificio Sabatini, 3rd Floor. More information about the exhibition can be found at:
http://www.museoreinasofia.es/exposiciones/actuales/perder-forma-humana.html
